1855
by [Hieroglyphic Children's Book]
1855. New York: Sherman & Co., 1855.
Oblong 12mo, 60 pp. Original cloth wrappers with goose in gilt on upper cover, yellow endpapers. Copyright notice pasted to verso of title. Somewhat foxed and stained, first signature cracking, but complete and unrestored.
§ A very uncommon printing of this charming book of nursery rhymes in text and pictorial characters, sometimes known as a rebus puzzle book. Several editions were published in Boston in 1849; this appears to be a reprint of the Brown, Taggard, and Chase edition, with a new imprint on the title page and the pasted-in copyright notice "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by George Appleton (Inventory #: 126270)
Oblong 12mo, 60 pp. Original cloth wrappers with goose in gilt on upper cover, yellow endpapers. Copyright notice pasted to verso of title. Somewhat foxed and stained, first signature cracking, but complete and unrestored.
§ A very uncommon printing of this charming book of nursery rhymes in text and pictorial characters, sometimes known as a rebus puzzle book. Several editions were published in Boston in 1849; this appears to be a reprint of the Brown, Taggard, and Chase edition, with a new imprint on the title page and the pasted-in copyright notice "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by George Appleton (Inventory #: 126270)
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